The Jockey Club Gold Cup was a much faster paced race than a lot of people think. For 10fs at Belmont -- they were cooking.
I know Vol Jack and some other people thought that was a speed biased track -- maybe it was or maybe it wasn't -- but in a couple later races it impacted the way jocks rode their horses.
Same thing with Havre De Grace's Beldame that day -- Life At Ten was on a suicide mission and Royal Delta was moved insanely pre-mature. Havre De Grace -- as a result -- ran dragged into running faster than she prefers.
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